Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World - Couverture souple

Ehrenreich, Barbara

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1847081355 ISBN 13 : 9781847081353

Editeur : Granta Books, 2010

Synopsis

This brilliant new book from the author of Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch explores the tyranny of positive thinking, and offers a history of how it came to be the dominant mode in the USA. Ehrenreich conceived of the book when she became ill with breast cancer, and found herself surrounded by pink ribbons and bunny rabbits and platitudes. She balked at the way her anger and sadness about having the disease were seen as unhealthy and dangerous by health professionals and other sufferers. In her droll and incisive analysis of the cult of cheerfulness, Ehrenreich also ranges across contemporary religion, business and the economy, arguing, for example, that undue optimism and a fear of giving bad news sowed the seeds for the current banking crisis. She argues passionately that the insistence on being cheerful actually leads to a lonely focus inwards, a blaming of oneself for any misfortunes, and thus to political apathy. Rigorous, insightful and bracing as always, and also incredibly funny, "Happy Face" uncovers the dark side of the 'have a nice day' nation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of fifteen books, including the bestselling Smile or Die and Nickel and Dimed. She has written for Time, Harper's, the New York Times Magazine and various British newspapers including The Times and the Guardian. She lives in Virginia, USA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Granta Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847081355
• ISBN 13: 9781847081353
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
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• Personne responsable: non disponible